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-Chapter 28- •The Karaoke Competition [1/3]•

{Writers note: Hello everyone. It's Nobody. It has been way too long so if I write in a different rhythm or something feels off, I genuinely apologize. Now that that's done with, back to the story!)
{PS: this chapter is going to include many links of songs for the karaoke competition. Of course we don't own anything}

Every student who was gonna enter the karaoke competition was in their own heads. Well, almost every. You could look around and see small groups of "friends" glaring at each other. As non participating students took their seats, Kuro and Shiko met in front of the different backstage changing rooms. Shiko had little makeup, a little doll like with lightly visible pastel pinks and lilacs around. She looked very pretty and everything matched lovely with her hair. She was wearing a poofy and lacy white dress. Despite it being controversial for her to wear pants. She wasn't doing so. Kuro had black eye dip liner for a difference as he didn't see makeup as something gender specific. They had both gotten so comfortable with each other that they didn't feel any star shock from seeing each other the way they were and they were simply focused on the competition. Zero had already gone up, explained how things would go down and taken a seat at front with the judges. The judges were him and Yami. Students started going up and singing their own things. There was still some time for our Kuro and Shiko.

Kuro: You're going to be alright... We practiced well but no matter what happens, try to have fun. Okay..? he says in a comforting voice

Shiko takes a deep breath and nods. Triple trouble pass by them without saying anything. Nagisa looks at Shiko up and down and smirks as if looking down on her while they pass. Shiko lightly slaps her cheeks from both sides and goes up to the corner of the backstage to see who does what. And right now. It's Haru's turn. Aiko joins Shiko's side and starts watching. Zero looks at his brother on stage, rolls his eyes and crosses his arms to watch what he expects will be a clowns show

Haru's Song starts playing: "Fancy Toys" by Riell - https://youtu.be/9O40bcWkQvU
Most of the school knows Haru. Because he knows most of the school, has almost everyone number and is known as the funny guy who you don't want to get on the wrong side of. Despite the original song being sang by a woman. Haru holds the mic confidently and starts singing it with a smirk and an... attitude. It seems like he's singing most words while staring directly at Zero's eyes

Haru: "We've all seen the people like you. Everybody's on the pay roll, spoiled since a day old. We've all seen the people like you."

Zero rolls his eyes again and clicks his tongue. From where the students are sitting. They don't notice the annoyance in the eyes of the student council president, famous for his fake smiles

Haru: "Oh you're a trust fund baby, Mommy's boy. You replace 'em when you break 'em like they're fancy toys." He starts walking a little closer to the judges side of the stage, looking into Zero's eyes
"Silver spoon and golden coins. You do not have friends you just have fancy toys."
Zero let's out a big annoyed sigh and starts tapping his fingers on the table in front of them. Haru takes a few steps back, closes the mic and starts dancing to the music where there aren't any words. The students watching actually loosen up a little. They start cheering as Haru dances. Probably looking cooler than any other time he joked around with anyone. He opens the mic every time a lyric comes. Aiko and Shiko look at each other in surprise. Even with the practice they did, they hadn't seen Haru like this before. The songs continued and Haru again looked at Zero with a line
"We've all met the people like you. We're pushed to the sidelines whenever you want play time. Rules were never meant for you." As the song kept going, you could see from the side backstage that every time Haru said "mommy's boy", Zero's eye would twitch. When the song was over, the students cheered. Zero lifted his hand and everyone settled down.